CW14 – p190 Vocab
Fall of Rome
■ When the Roman Empire Fell to Germanic
Tribes in 400 AD on half of it fell….
■ The Eastern half of the Empire, known as
the Byzantine Empire survived invaders.
■ This empire carried on Roman ideas for
hundreds of years.
Byzantine Empire
■ By 330, the emperor
Constantine, had built
a new capital city in
Constantinople on the
site of the Greek city
Byzantium.
■ The Byzantine Empire
arose from this site.
Constantinople
■ The city of Constantinople, was on
a peninsula overlooking the
Bosporus, a strait connecting the
Black Sea to the Mediterranean
Sea.
■ From its central location, the city
controlled key trade routes that
linked Europe and Asia.
Justinian
■ The Byzantine empire reached its peak under the
emperor Justinian.
■ Justinian was a autocratic ruler, or single ruler with
complete authority
Justinian’s Code
■ Emperor Justinian became known for his collection of ancient
laws known as Justinian’s Code. This written set of laws
became the basis today’s international laws.
Justinian’s Advisors
Theodora
■ Justinian’s Wife
■ Urged him to include
women
■ Women could own
property equal to their
dowry (money or goods
wife brought to
husband at marriage)
Belisaurus
■ General of the army
■ Put down the Nika
Revolt
■ Got back Roman
lands from the
Germanic Tribes
■ Empire its biggest
Byzantine Culture Blending
■ Culture blending - migration, trade, conquest, and pursuit of
religious coverts or freedom. These all encourage cultural
blending between different cultures.
■ Byzantine Empire was located a the crossroads of the world,
they picked up cultural ideas from many different groups.
Mosaics
■ Byzantine artists also developed Mosaics, pictures or designs
formed by inlaid pieces of stone or other materials.
■ Mosaics often displayed religious themes.
Hagia Sophia
■ In the area of architecture, Justinian blended Greek, Roman,
Persian and Middle Eastern styles.
■ The best known structure is the Church of Hagia Sophia whose
name means “Holy Wisdom”
Ottoman Turks
■ Rising power in Asia
■ Takes over Constantinople in
1453
■ Soon grows to a huge empire
■ Fall of the Byzantine Empire
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